DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1140 1140 120635 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 0 0 198 Northern Harrier 17 17 423 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 18 6473 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 744 Northern Goshawk 0 0 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 108 108 385 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 468 468 1797 Rough-legged Hawk 3 3 3 Golden Eagle 8 8 26 American Kestrel 1 1 674 Merlin 1 1 49 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 37 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 17 Prairie Falcon 0 0 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Total: 1766 1766 211112 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Mark Wloch, Patrick Mulawa, Rick Nirschl, Rodney Laura Weather: As predicted it was colder and sunnier. Temperatures topped off at 47f, but started off at 36f. Winds were mostly from the south east at about 5mph, no major gusts of note this time. It may have been cold but it was a good day for hawk migration. Raptor Observations: An amazing day for for Buteo and Vulture migration. Red-tailed Hawks came through at their highest of the season with 468 for the day. Between 4pm and 5pm (EDST) we tallied 218. We also had 108 Red-shouldered Hawks, as well as our first Rough-legged Hawks of the season with 3 spread throughout the day. An impressive 8 Golden Eagles were seen today with a high of 5 between 4pm and 5pm. As far as Turkey Vultures go, 1,140 were counted in groups of hundreds streaming throughout the day. Not as many TVs as yesterday, but more than expected. A total of 1,766 raptors were counted of 10 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tomorrow should be a continuation of today's fantastic weather. It will be cold for us humans, but for raptor migration it's exactly what we want. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood (greg_norw...@fws.gov) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
